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07:27 / 1827 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,713.99 +42.48 NZSX 50
7,134.26 +20.93 DJIA
20,093.78 -7.13 Nikkei
19,467.40 NASDAQ
5,660.78 +5.61 FTSE
7,184.49 +23.00 S&P 500
2,294.69 -1.99 Hang Seng
23,360.78 -13.39 SPI 200 Fut
5,650.00 -11.00 STI
3,064.85 +13.07 SSEC
3,159.17 +9.61 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.775 -0.012 US 10 YR Bond
2.486 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.440 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.061 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7547 0.7516 NZD US$
0.7262 0.7233 EUR US$
1.0708 1.0663 Yen US$
114.70 115.16 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,184.85
Silver (Lon)
17.12 Gold (NY)
1,191.21
Light Crude
53.17 TRJCRB Index
193.43 -0.82 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks edged lower for a second consecutive session on Friday as some underwhelming corporate earnings and gross domestic product data offset recent enthusiasm over policy actions by President Donald Trump.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 7.13 points, or 0.04 percent, to 20,093.78, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 1.99 points, or 0.09 percent, to 2,294.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 5.61 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,660.78.
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LONDON - European shares pulled back on Friday with UBS UBSG.S dragging bank stocks lower after posting a drop in full-year profit, while Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco surged after a 3.7 billion-pound takeover deal to buy a supplier.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX index was down 0.3 percent at its close, while the UK's FTSE 100 .FTSE rose 0.3 percent, supported by Tesco TSCO.L , which soared 9.3 percent after agreeing to buy wholesale supplier Booker BOK.L in a deal that cements its dominant position in the UK.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday as sentiment was helped by the dollar's strength against the yen on optimism over the U.S. economic outlook, but gains were limited on worries about U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist policies.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.3 percent higher at 19,467.40, and it gained 1.7 percent for the week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose against the yen on Friday, extending a broad trend that has been in place since U.S. President Donald Trump's election in November on expectations of more pro-growth policies to bolster an economy that has improved but sputtered at times.
In late trading, the dollar was up 0.5 percent against the yen, to 115.11 yen JPY= , after touching a one-week high of 115.37 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday as data showing a sharper-than-forecast deceleration in economic growth in the fourth quarter spurred buying of U.S. government debt ahead of the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting of 2017.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields US10YT=RR were down over 2 basis points at 2.482 percent, retreating further from a four-week high reached on Thursday. For the week, the 10-year yield was up 1.5 basis points.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold was little changed on Friday, giving up earlier losses as U.S. equity markets and Treasury yields turned lower, but the metal was on track for its first weekly loss of the year after traders cashed in on this week's rally to two-month highs.
Spot gold XAU= was 0.1 percent higher at $1,190.06 an ounce by 2:56 p.m. EST (1956 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery settled down 0.1 percent at $1,188.40 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices shrugged off a stronger dollar on Friday to end the week higher, buoyed by expectations that supply disruptions could tighten the market.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.7 percent up at $5,900 a tonne, ending the week 2.4 percent higher.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices slipped on Friday, extending losses after data suggested drilling is ramping up in the United States, prompting investor concern about how effective OPEC and other producers will be at supporting prices by cutting supplies.
U.S. crude CLc1 futures for March delivery settled down 61 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $53.17 a barrel.
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